BPSS Clearance Jobs in England

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 321 608
Rank change year-on-year +314 +287 +298
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 7,034 747 343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.33% 0.87% 0.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.46% 3.05% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,967 595 176
10th Percentile £39,500 £25,600 £28,375
25th Percentile £47,683 £31,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,818 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +4.76% +6.71%
75th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £70,600 £77,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,818 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% - +7.32%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

BPSS Clearance falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,714 24,462 29,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.35% 28.47% 32.70%
Number of salaries quoted 10,159 15,788 13,473
10th Percentile £32,110 £28,477 £31,350
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,019
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £84,400 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in England.

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the England region over the 6 months to 13 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +348 3,016 £50,055 +2.15% 165
North West +264 2,790 £50,055 +78.77% 143
Midlands +279 1,811 £47,683 +8.99% 49
South East +321 1,421 £62,000 +18.56% 129
West Midlands +225 1,066 £65,500 +9.17% 37
East Midlands +165 745 £47,683 +92.18% 11
South West +68 555 £57,500 +15.00% 64
Yorkshire +196 226 £47,683 -39.08% 18
East of England +23 213 £47,683 -17.07% 26
London +41 20 £45,000 -35.71% 108
BPSS Clearance
UK

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 124 (1.76%) Confluence
2 94 (1.34%) SharePoint
3 19 (0.27%) Apache
4 5 (0.071%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.028%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.028%) CMS
5 2 (0.028%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.014%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.014%) Mule
6 1 (0.014%) nginx
6 1 (0.014%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 452 (6.43%) Simulink
2 392 (5.57%) Microsoft Office
3 252 (3.58%) Mathcad
4 236 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
5 215 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 133 (1.89%) Abaqus
7 47 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
8 40 (0.57%) SOLIDWORKS
9 38 (0.54%) Mathematica
10 1 (0.014%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.014%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.014%) Revit
10 1 (0.014%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 408 (5.80%) Teamcenter
2 65 (0.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 50 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 32 (0.45%) Infor LN
5 30 (0.43%) SAP BPC
6 16 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 8 (0.11%) Primavera
8 1 (0.014%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.014%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 48 (0.68%) AWS
2 31 (0.44%) Azure
3 18 (0.26%) Power Platform
4 17 (0.24%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (0.20%) GitHub
5 14 (0.20%) GitHub Actions
6 9 (0.13%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (0.13%) SaaS
7 8 (0.11%) IaaS
7 8 (0.11%) PaaS
8 6 (0.085%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (0.071%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.043%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.028%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.028%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (0.028%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.028%) Contentful
11 2 (0.028%) GCP
11 2 (0.028%) Serverless
11 2 (0.028%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 24 (0.34%) Wireshark
2 16 (0.23%) VoIP
3 4 (0.057%) LAN
4 3 (0.043%) WAN
4 3 (0.043%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.028%) Intranet
6 1 (0.014%) SAN
6 1 (0.014%) Skype
6 1 (0.014%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.014%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (0.58%) Tableau
2 28 (0.40%) MySQL
2 28 (0.40%) Relational Database
3 17 (0.24%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.17%) Power BI
5 8 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.071%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.071%) Redis
7 2 (0.028%) GIS
8 1 (0.014%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.014%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.014%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.014%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.014%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.014%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 776 (11.03%) Rational DOORS
2 232 (3.30%) JIRA
3 101 (1.44%) LabVIEW
4 43 (0.61%) Git
5 42 (0.60%) Bitbucket
6 28 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
7 21 (0.30%) eggPlant
8 19 (0.27%) Eclipse
8 19 (0.27%) Eclipse RCP
9 15 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 14 (0.20%) MagicDraw
11 13 (0.18%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.071%) ClearCase
12 5 (0.071%) JMeter
13 4 (0.057%) Gatling
13 4 (0.057%) Jenkins
14 3 (0.043%) GitLab
14 3 (0.043%) Postman
14 3 (0.043%) TestRail
15 2 (0.028%) SoapUI
General
1 936 (13.31%) Social Skills
2 860 (12.23%) Aerospace
3 745 (10.59%) Electronics
4 567 (8.06%) Automotive
5 556 (7.90%) Manufacturing
6 386 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
7 287 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
8 244 (3.47%) Finance
9 165 (2.35%) Law
10 163 (2.32%) Avionics
11 153 (2.18%) Aeronautics
12 96 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
13 93 (1.32%) Legal
14 89 (1.27%) Telecoms
15 56 (0.80%) Military
16 41 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
17 38 (0.54%) Aviation
18 32 (0.45%) Agriculture
19 28 (0.40%) Police
20 27 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2,525 (35.90%) Senior
2 2,243 (31.89%) Systems Engineer
3 1,901 (27.03%) Principal Engineer
4 1,287 (18.30%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 921 (13.09%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 563 (8.00%) Engineering Manager
7 510 (7.25%) Lead
8 320 (4.55%) Senior Electrical Engineer
9 285 (4.05%) Support Engineer
10 260 (3.70%) Software Support Engineer
11 253 (3.60%) Project Manager
12 239 (3.40%) Architect
13 237 (3.37%) Software Engineer
14 230 (3.27%) Security Engineer
15 218 (3.10%) Lead Systems Engineer
16 214 (3.04%) Integration Engineer
16 214 (3.04%) Systems Integration Engineer
17 213 (3.03%) Senior Manager
18 200 (2.84%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
19 181 (2.57%) Requirements Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (0.70%) Middleware
2 48 (0.68%) .NET
3 36 (0.51%) XML
4 23 (0.33%) CSS
4 23 (0.33%) HTML
5 19 (0.27%) JSP
6 17 (0.24%) ASP.NET
6 17 (0.24%) SAP Fiori
7 15 (0.21%) .NET Core
8 8 (0.11%) ARM Templates
8 8 (0.11%) Azure Blueprints
9 7 (0.100%) OAuth
9 7 (0.100%) RESTful
10 5 (0.071%) Django
10 5 (0.071%) FastAPI
10 5 (0.071%) Flask
10 5 (0.071%) Keycloak
10 5 (0.071%) SQLAlchemy
10 5 (0.071%) WebSockets
10 5 (0.071%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 327 (4.65%) Management Information System
2 309 (4.39%) Algorithms
3 128 (1.82%) SCADA
4 84 (1.19%) Product Ownership
5 16 (0.23%) Onboarding
6 14 (0.20%) Acoustics
7 13 (0.18%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (0.17%) Embedded Systems
9 7 (0.100%) e-Learning
10 6 (0.085%) Analogue Electronics
11 4 (0.057%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.043%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.043%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.043%) CMDB
12 3 (0.043%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.043%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.028%) Data Centre
13 2 (0.028%) Pricing Data
14 1 (0.014%) Distributed Architecture
14 1 (0.014%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 76 (1.08%) Linux
1 76 (1.08%) Windows
2 4 (0.057%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.043%) Android
3 3 (0.043%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,138 (58.83%) Systems Engineering
2 1,126 (16.01%) Agile
3 1,083 (15.40%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 1,025 (14.57%) Validation
5 1,020 (14.50%) Mathematics
6 967 (13.75%) SysML
7 768 (10.92%) Physics
8 663 (9.43%) UML
9 655 (9.31%) Verification and Validation
10 652 (9.27%) Requirements Management
11 649 (9.23%) Project Management
12 592 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
13 511 (7.26%) Software Engineering
14 510 (7.25%) Coaching
14 510 (7.25%) Stakeholder Management
15 458 (6.51%) Mentoring
16 453 (6.44%) PLM
17 446 (6.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 437 (6.21%) Collaborative Working
18 437 (6.21%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1,070 (15.21%) MATLAB
2 110 (1.56%) Python
3 101 (1.44%) R
4 99 (1.41%) C#
5 87 (1.24%) Ada
6 37 (0.53%) Java
6 37 (0.53%) SQL
7 35 (0.50%) C
8 22 (0.31%) Ada 95
9 17 (0.24%) ABAP
10 16 (0.23%) Rust
11 15 (0.21%) VB
12 8 (0.11%) C++
13 5 (0.071%) JavaScript
14 4 (0.057%) Perl
14 4 (0.057%) PHP
15 1 (0.014%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.014%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.014%) Scala
15 1 (0.014%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4,332 (61.59%) Degree
2 715 (10.16%) Chartered Engineer
3 710 (10.09%) HND
4 511 (7.26%) HNC
5 510 (7.25%) Master's Degree
6 199 (2.83%) Numerate Degree
7 193 (2.74%) CISSP
8 149 (2.12%) CISM
9 147 (2.09%) CESG Certified Professional
10 144 (2.05%) ISTQB
11 113 (1.61%) MBA
12 67 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
13 66 (0.94%) ACCA
13 66 (0.94%) CIMA
14 52 (0.74%) Security Cleared
15 47 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
16 28 (0.40%) SC Cleared
17 24 (0.34%) Six Sigma Black Belt
17 24 (0.34%) Six Sigma Green Belt
18 22 (0.31%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 588 (8.36%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 549 (7.80%) IEC 61508
3 411 (5.84%) Def Stans
4 214 (3.04%) ISO 9001
5 153 (2.18%) NIST
6 152 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 147 (2.09%) JSP 440
7 147 (2.09%) RMADS
8 143 (2.03%) DO-254
9 121 (1.72%) ARP4754
10 100 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 86 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 84 (1.19%) HAZOP
13 80 (1.14%) AQAP
14 49 (0.70%) Data Quality
15 32 (0.45%) IFRS
16 28 (0.40%) GAAP
17 20 (0.28%) QA
18 11 (0.16%) Accessibility
19 10 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (0.31%) Firmware
2 16 (0.23%) Docker
3 2 (0.028%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.014%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 103 (1.46%) Functional Safety
2 35 (0.50%) Ansible
3 16 (0.23%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.13%) Terraform
5 5 (0.071%) Grafana
5 5 (0.071%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.014%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.014%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.014%) Packer
Vendors
1 425 (6.04%) IBM
2 353 (5.02%) Microsoft
3 213 (3.03%) SAP
4 206 (2.93%) ANSYS
5 181 (2.57%) Siemens
6 123 (1.75%) MathWorks
7 65 (0.92%) Sparx
8 47 (0.67%) Atlassian
9 40 (0.57%) Oracle
10 32 (0.45%) Infor
11 28 (0.40%) Cognos
12 21 (0.30%) Keysight
13 8 (0.11%) NEC
14 7 (0.100%) Mercator
15 6 (0.085%) Hyperion
15 6 (0.085%) Mentor Graphics
16 5 (0.071%) ServiceNow
17 3 (0.043%) EMC
17 3 (0.043%) Salesforce
18 2 (0.028%) Alteryx